Full title: EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID - Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification checks

  • cotlovan@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Who do you think is checking those ids? Hint: it’s not the government, it’s some 3rd party company, always.

    • Pxtl@lemmy.ca
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      7 days ago

      With cryptographic systems like the EU uses, it must go through the government because a 3rd party can’t implement that verification/response pattern without access to the proper gov’t cryptographic secrets.